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beginning at 8:30 a.m. through Friday, 

February 9, 2007. The meetings will end 

at 5 p.m. on Monday through Thursday 

and conclude by noon on Friday, 

February 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The Joint Canada-U.S. 

Review Panel for Pacific hake/Whiting 

will be held at the Silver Cloud Inn 

University, 5036 25th Avenue NE, 

Seattle, WA 98105; telephone: (206) 

526–5200. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey Miller, NMFS Northwest 

Fisheries Science Center; telephone: 

(206) 437–5670; or Mr. John DeVore, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Joint Canada-U.S. Review 

Panel for Pacific hake/Whiting is to 

review draft 2007 stock assessment 

documents and any other pertinent 

information for Pacific whiting, work 

with the Stock Assessment Team to 

make necessary revisions, and produce 

a Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel report 

for use by the Council family and other 

interested persons for developing 

management recommendations for 2007 

fisheries. No management actions will 

be decided by the review Panel. The 

Panel’s role will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the Council at its 

March meeting in Sacramento, CA. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the review panel 

participants for discussion, those issues 

may not be the subject of formal Joint 

Canada-U.S. Panel action during this 

meeting. Review panel action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Panel participants’ intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–829 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 011107C] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a 

scientific research permit; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received an application for a 

scientific research permit from 

Stillwater Sciences (Stillwater) in 

Berkeley, California (1282). The permit 

would affect federally threatened 

Southern Oregon/Northern California 

Coast coho salmon, endangered Central 

California Coast coho salmon, 

threatened California Coastal Chinook 

salmon, endangered Sacramento River 

winter-run Chinook salmon, threatened 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon, threatened Northern California 

steelhead, threatened Central California 

Coast steelhead, threatened California 

Central Valley steelhead, threatened 

South-Central California Coast 

steelhead, and endangered Southern 

California steelhead. This document 

serves to notify the public of the 

availability of the permit application for 

review and comment. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

application must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on 

February 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by email must be sent to the following 

address: FRNpermits.SR@noaa.gov. The 

application and related documents are 

available for review by appointment, for 

Permit 1282: Protected Resources 

Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, 

Room 315, Santa Rosa, California 95404 

(ph: 707–575–6097, fax: 707–578–3435). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Jahn at phone number 707–575–

6097, or e-mail: Jeffrey.Jahn@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Issuance of permits, as required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a 

finding that such permits: (1) Are 

applied for in good faith; (2) would not 

operate to the disadvantage of the listed 

species which are the subject of the 

permits; and (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. Authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. Permits are issued 

in accordance with and are subject to 

the ESA and NMFS regulations 

governing listed fish and wildlife 

permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

Those individuals requesting a 

hearing on an application listed in this 

notice should set out the specific 

reasons why a hearing on that 

application would be appropriate (see 

ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NOAA. All statements and opinions 

contained in the permit action 

summaries are those of the applicant 

and do not necessarily reflect the views 

of NMFS. 

Species Covered in This Notice 

This notice is relevant to federally 

threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coast coho salmon 

(Oncorhynchus kisutch), endangered 

Central California Coast coho salmon 

(O. kisutch), threatened California 

Coastal Chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha), endangered Sacramento 

River winter-run Chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley 

spring-run Chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha), Northern California 

steelhead (O. mykiss), threatened 

Central California Coast steelhead (O. 

mykiss), threatened California Central 

Valley steelhead (O. mykiss), threatened 

South-Central California Coast steelhead 

(O. mykiss), and endangered Southern 

California steelhead (O. mykiss). 

Application Received 

Stillwater requests a 5–year permit 

(1282) for take of juvenile Southern 

Oregon/Northern California Coast coho 

salmon, Central California Coast coho 

salmon, California Coastal Chinook 

salmon, Sacramento River winter-run 

Chinook salmon, Central Valley springrun Chinook salmon, Northern 

California steelhead, Central California 

Coast steelhead, California Central 

Valley steelhead, South-Central 

California Coast steelhead, and 

Southern California steelhead; and adult 

Central California Coast steelhead and 

California Central Valley steelhead 

associated with 11 scientific research 

projects located throughout California. 

Project 1 is a salmonid population 

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and habitat assessment study in the 

Santa Paula Creek watershed (a tributary 

to the Santa Clara River), in Ventura 

County, California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 940 juvenile Southern 

California steelhead, with no more than 

1 percent unintentional mortality to 

result from capture (by rotary screw 

trap, pipe-trap, fyke-net trap, or 

backpack electrofishing), handling, and 

release of fish. Stillwater also requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 60 juvenile Southern 

California steelhead, with no more than 

1 percent unintentional mortality to 

result from capture (by rotary screw 

trap, pipe-trap, or fyke-net trap), 

handling, fin-clipping, and release of 

fish. 

Project 2 is a salmonid distribution 

and population abundance study in the 

following coastal water bodies, all 

located within Northern or Central 

California: Tillas Slough, Lake Earl, and 

Lake Tolowa in Del Norte County; Stone 

Lagoon, Big Lagoon, Humboldt Bay, and 

Eel River lagoon in Humboldt County; 

Ten Mile River lagoon, Virgin Creek 

lagoon, Pudding Creek lagoon, Davis 

Lake, and numerous unnamed ponds in 

Manchester Beach State Park in 

Mendocino County; Salmon Creek 

lagoon and Estero Americano lagoon in 

Sonoma County; Estero de San Antonio 

lagoon, Lagunitas Creek lagoon, and 

Rodeo Lagoon in Marin County; San 

Gregorio Creek lagoon, Pescadero Creek 

and Butano Creek lagoon, Bean Hollow 

Creek lagoon, and Arroyo de los Frijoles 

lagoon in San Mateo County; Laguna 

Creek lagoon, Baldwin Creek lagoon, 

Corcoran Lagoon, Aptos Creek lagoon, 

and Pajaro River lagoon in Santa Cruz 

County; and Bennett Slough in 

Monterey County. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 100 juvenile Southern 

Oregon/Northern California Coast coho 

salmon, 100 juvenile Central California 

Coast coho salmon, 100 juvenile 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, 100 

juvenile Northern California steelhead, 

100 juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, and 100 juvenile SouthCentral California Coast steelhead, with 

no more than 5 percent unintentional 

mortality to result from capture (by 

beach seine), handling, and release of 

fish. 

Project 3 is a salmonid distribution, 

habitat utilization, and fish community 

assemblage study in the lower 

Sacramento River and San Joaquin River 

delta at Sherman Island in Sacramento 

County, California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 75 juvenile 

Sacramento River winter-run Chinook 

salmon, 75 juvenile Central Valley 

spring-run Chinook salmon, and 75 

juvenile California Central Valley 

steelhead with no more than 4 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by beach seine, purse seine, 

trawl, fyke-net trap, backpack 

electrofishing, or boat electrofishing), 

handling, and release of fish. 

Project 4 is a salmonid population 

abundance, out-migration monitoring, 

habitat utilization, diet composition, 

and life history study in the Lagunitas 

Creek watershed in Marin County, 

California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 900 juvenile Central 

California Coast coho salmon and 900 

juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by backpack electrofishing), 

handling, fin-clipping, tagging (using 

passive integrated transponder (PIT) 

tags or visible implant elastomer (VIE 

tags)), and release of fish; 100 juvenile 

Central California Coast coho salmon 

and 100 juvenile Central California 

Coast steelhead, with no more than 2 

percent unintentional mortality to result 

from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing), handling, fin-clipping, 

scale-sampling, tagging (using PIT tags 

or VIE tags), and release of fish; and 50 

juvenile Central California Coast coho 

salmon and 50 juvenile Central 

California Coast steelhead, with no more 

than 2 percent unintentional mortality 

to result from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing), handling, stomach 

sampling, and release of fish. Stillwater 

also requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of: 

1,200 juvenile Central California Coast 

coho salmon, 400 juvenile California 

Coastal Chinook salmon, and 800 

juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, 

or fyke-net trap), handling, and release 

of fish; 300 juvenile Central California 

Coast coho salmon, 100 juvenile 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, and 

200 juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, 

or fyke-net trap), handling, fin-clipping, 

and release of fish; and 25 juvenile 

Central California Coast steelhead, with 

no more than 10 percent unintentional 

mortality to result from capture (by 

rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, or fyke-net 

trap), handling, radio-tagging, and 

release of fish. 

Project 5 is a salmonid population 

abundance, out-migration monitoring, 

habitat utilization, and life history study 

in the Walker Creek watershed in Marin 

County, California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 80 juvenile Central 

California Coast coho salmon and 400 

juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by backpack electrofishing), 

handling, fin-clipping, tagging (using 

PIT tags or VIE tags), and release of fish; 

and 20 juvenile Central California Coast 

coho salmon and 100 juvenile Central 

California Coast steelhead, with no more 

than 2 percent unintentional mortality 

to result from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing), handling, fin-clipping, 

scale-sampling, tagging (using PIT tags 

or VIE tags), and release of fish. 

Stillwater also requests authorization for 

an estimated annual non-lethal take of 

100 juvenile Central California Coast 

coho salmon and 100 juvenile Central 

California Coast steelhead, with no more 

than 1 percent unintentional mortality 

to result from capture (by rotary screw 

trap, pipe-trap, or fyke-net trap), 

handling, fin-clipping, and release of 

fish; and 25 juvenile Central California 

Coast steelhead, with no more than 10 

percent unintentional mortality to result 

from capture (by rotary screw trap, pipetrap, or fyke-net trap), handling, radiotagging, and release of fish. 

Project 6 is a salmonid distribution, 

habitat utilization, habitat assessment, 

and fish community assemblage study 

in the following watersheds which are 

all within the Sacramento River 

watershed in California: Cow Creek in 

Shasta County; Battle Creek and Rock 

Creek in Tehama County; Butte Creek in 

Butte County; Feather River in Butte 

and Sutter counties; and American 

River and Mokelumne River in 

Sacramento County. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 500 juvenile Central 

Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and 

1,000 juvenile California Central Valley 

steelhead, with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by seine or backpack 

electrofishing), handling, and release of 

fish. 

Project 7 is a salmonid distribution, 

population abundance, habitat 

utilization, and fish community 

assemblage study in Merced River, in 

Merced County, California. Stillwater 

requests authorization for an estimated 

annual non-lethal take of 100 juvenile 

California Central Valley steelhead, with 

no more than 5 percent unintentional 

mortality to result from capture (by 

seine, backpack electrofishing, or boat 

electrofishing), handling, and release of 

fish. Stillwater also requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 


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non-lethal take of 5 adult California 

Central Valley steelhead, with zero 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by seine, backpack 

electrofishing, or boat electrofishing), 

handling, and release of fish. 

Project 8 is a salmonid distribution, 

population abundance, habitat 

utilization, habitat assessment, and fish 

community assemblage study in the 

lower Tuolumne River in Stanislaus 

County, California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 20 juvenile California 

Central Valley steelhead, with no more 

than 10 percent unintentional mortality 

to result from capture (by seine, fyke-net 

trap, backpack electrofishing, or boat 

electrofishing), handling, and release of 

fish. 

Project 9 is a salmonid population 

abundance, out-migration monitoring, 

habitat utilization, food availability, 

predation, and life history study in the 

Napa River watershed in Napa County, 

California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 300 juvenile Central 

California Coast steelhead, with no more 

than 2 percent unintentional mortality 

to result from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing), handling, tagging (using 

PIT tags), and release of fish; 1,900 

juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, 

or fyke-net trap), handling, and release 

of fish; 100 juvenile Central California 

Coast steelhead, with no more than 2 

percent unintentional mortality to result 

from capture (by rotary screw trap, pipetrap, or fyke-net trap), handling, tagging 

(using PIT tags), and release of fish; and 

200 juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by boat electrofishing), 

handling, and release of fish. Stillwater 

also requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of 3 

adult Central California Coast steelhead, 

with zero unintentional mortality to 

result from accidental encounter during 

boat electrofishing activities. Stillwater 

does not request capture, handling, or 

unintentional mortality of adult 

salmonids associated with this study. 

Project 10 is a salmonid distribution, 

population abundance, habitat 

utilization, and habitat assessment 

study in Tuolumne River in Stanislaus 

County, California. Stillwater requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of 100 juvenile 

California Central Valley steelhead, with 

no more than 2 percent unintentional 

mortality to result from capture (by 

seine, backpack electrofishing, or boat 

electrofishing), handling, and release of 

fish. 

Project 11 is a salmonid population 

abundance, out-migration monitoring, 

habitat utilization, and life history study 

in the Gualala River watershed in 

Mendocino County, California. 

Stillwater requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of: 

1,000 juvenile Northern California 

steelhead, with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by backpack electrofishing), 

handling, and release of fish; and 500 

juvenile Northern California steelhead, 

with no more than 2 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by backpack electrofishing), 

handling, fin-clipping, tagging (using 

PIT tags or VIE tags), and release of fish. 

Stillwater also requests authorization for 

an estimated annual non-lethal take of: 

400 juvenile Northern California 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, 

or fyke-net trap), handling, and release 

of fish; 100 juvenile Northern California 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality to result from 

capture (by rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, 

or fyke-net trap), handling, fin-clipping, 

and release of fish; and 25 juvenile 

Northern California steelhead, with no 

more than 10 percent unintentional 

mortality to result from capture (by 

rotary screw trap, pipe-trap, or fyke-net 

trap), handling, radio-tagging, and 

release of fish. 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–742 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 011107B] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Receipt of application for 

research permit 1597 and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received an ESA application 

for a Section 10 permit for scientific 

research from Mr. David A. Vogel, 

Natural Resource Scientists in Red 

Bluff, CA. This notice is relevant to 

Federally endangered Sacramento River 

winter-run Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), 

threatened Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), 

threatened Central Valley steelhead (O. 

mykiss), and threatened Southern 

Distinct Population Segment of North 

American green sturgeon (Acipenser 

medirostris). This document serves to 

notify the public of the availability of 

the permit applications for review and 

comment. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

application must be received at the 

appropriate address or fax number (see 

ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific 

Standard Time on February 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

permit application should be sent to the 

appropriate office as indicated below. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to FRNpermit.sac@noaa.gov or fax to the 

number indicated for the request. The 

application and related documents are 

available for review by appointment: 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8–300, 

Sacramento, CA 95814 (ph: 916–930–

3615, fax: 916–930–3629). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Bellmer, Ph.D. at phone number 

916–930–3615, or e-mail: 

FRNpermit.sac@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Issuance of permits and permit 

modifications, as required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 1543) (ESA), is based on a 

finding that such permits/modifications: 

(1) Are applied for in good faith; (2) 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species which are the 

subject of the permits; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. Authority to take listed species is 

subject to conditions set forth in the 

permits. Permits and modifications are 

issued in accordance with and are 

subject to the ESA and NMFS 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

Those individuals requesting a 

hearing on an application listed in this 

notice should set out the specific 

reasons why a hearing on that 

application would be appropriate (see 

ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. All statements and opinions 

contained in the permit action 

summaries are those of the applicant 


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